Window-sash



(No ModeL) H. WOCHER.

WINDOW SASH.

No. 246,266. Patented Aug. 28,188l,

NTTED STATES PATENT EETCE.

HERMAN WOGHER, OF PHILADELPHIA7 PENNSYLVANIA.

WINDOW-SASH.

SPECIFICATION forming To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN WooHER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in IVindow-Sashes, of which the following is a specifica-tion.

The object of my invention is to provide an ordinary window frame and sashes with attachments whereby the sashes may be readily changed from sliding into swinging or pivoted sashes, so that they can be turned around into the room to facilitate cleansing, or when it is desired to expose the entire window-opening for ventilation or other purposes.

In the accompanying drawings7 Figure l is a perspective view of part of the sill and one side of the window-frame furnished with attachments in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2, a perspective view of part ot' the sill andtheopposite sideofthewindow-frame; Fig. 3, a detached view of part ot' one ofthe sashstrips of the frame; Fig. 4, a perspective view of the sashes; and Figs. 5, 6, and 7, views of some ot' the devices which I employ in carrying out my invention.

A represents one side of a window-frame; B, the opposite of the same; I), the base or sill, andE and F the upper and lower sashes, respectively, each of said sashes being hung to the frame by means of cords a a', connected to balance-weights in the ordinary manner, the

weights and pulleys not being shown in the drawings, however, as they forni no part of my invention. The cords t a are secured to the sashes as usual, but the cords c a are pro-v vided at the lower ends with rings l), adapted to hooks b in recesses in the sashes, so that said cords a' can be readily applied to or detached from the sashes,for a purpose explained hereinafter.

The side A of the frame has sash-guiding strips d, d', and d2, as usual, and the side B has strips e, e', and e2, the lower portion ofthe central strip, e', being cut away for a distance equal to or somewhat in excess of the length of the sash E, and the strip e being furnished with a detachable section f, of the same length. This section j' is held in place by means of a forked plate,f, and a pin at the top, and by a spring-bolt,f2, at the bottom, said springbolt being adapted to an opening, f3, in the strip c on the base or sill D of the frame.

part of Letters Patent No. 246,266, dated August 28, 1881.

Application filed June 9, 1881. (No model.)

To the portion A ot' the frame, between the strips d el', is secured a plate, g, and to the latter is hinged a plate, g, which can be turned up so as to occupy a position in line with the plate g, or can be turned outward and downward until it occupies a position at right angles to the said plate g, the hinge bein g preferably provided with a spring, which will have a tendency to hold the plate g in the latter position-thatis to say, at right angles to the plate g and frame A.

In the plate g is an opening, e', which, under the circumstances described hereinafter, is adapted for the reception of a pin, t, at the upper corner ot' the sash F, the lower corner of the latter having a socket, h, to which is adapted a pin, h, on the sill D. This pi n h is adapted to a socket, j, in the sill, and is vertically adjustable therein, the pin having projectionsm, which are adapted to bayonet-slots n in the socket, (see Fig. 7,) so that when the projections are in the deep portions of the slots the head of the pin will be but slightly above the top ot' the socket j; but when the projections m occupy positions in the shallow portions of the slots said pin will project considerably above the top ofthe socket.

To the frame A, between the sash-strips d and d2, is secured a plate, p, similar to the plate g, carrying a hinged plate, p, in which is formed a slot, s, adapted for the reception of a pin, t, on the upper corner ofthe sash E, the lower corner of said sash being furnished with a similar pin, which is adapted to a slot, s', in a bent plate, I, secured to the portion A and sill D of the frame. The pins t are furnished with enlarged heads, and the slots s and s are enlarged in diameter at the i'lner ends for the passage of said heads, lateral recesses x being also formed in the slots, for a purpose explained hereinafter.

Under ordinary circumstances the sashes E and F are hung to the cords et et and slide verticallybetween the guidingstrips ofthe frame,

as usual, the sectionfforming a continuation plates, said plates should be sunk into the trames to such an extent that the ears will not projecttherefrom. v

Vhen it is desired to swing the sashes into the room the sash F is first raised and the pin h is elevated and retained in an elevated position in the socket j. The section f of the sash-strip c is then removed and the sash lowered until the pin h enters the socket h ot' the sash, the lower edge of the sash being then slightly above the strip c ofthe sill D, and the pin t" at the upper corner ot' the sash being in position for adaptation to the opening i' of the hinge-plate g', which is caused to engage with.

said pin by the action ot' its spring, or if no spring is used the plate may be turned down by hand. The plate y and socket z., in connection with the pins h if, thus form a hinge, on which the sash F is free to swing, the cord a ol' the sash yielding to permit this swinging movement, until the sash is so far clear of the frame B as to permit the ring` b to be detached from the hook b ot' the sash, the ring being` then applied to a hook, w, on the frame B, so that the cord a is out of the way and does not interfere with the i'ree swinging movement of the sash F.

If it is desired to release the upper sash, E, also from the frame, said sash is pulled down until the pin t at the lower corner ofthe sash enters the enlarged end of the slots of the plate I, and at the same time the plate pis depressed by its spring or by hand until the pin t at the upper corner ofthe sash E occupies a position in the enlarged end ofthe slots. The sash E is then turned on the pivot-pins t, and at the same time the latter are caused to traverse the slots s .5 until they rest in the lateral recesses fr, the sash beingsupporled in this position until the cord a has been detached therefrom and secured to the hook fw of' the traine B, when the sash E is moved so as to draw the pins tinto the inner ends of the slots, said sash being` then free to swing around alongside of the sash E.

In restoring` the sashes to the frame the above-described operations are reversed.

In carrying out my invention the various hinge-plates, dre., can be readily applied to the window-frame, the integrity ot' the latter not beinginterfered with except as regards the cutting away ot' the sash-guiding strips e c', which does not interfere with the proper guidance ot' the sashes in theirvertical movement. Ready access to all parts ot' both sashes for cleansingis permitted, and the entire opening of the window-frame can be exposed for ventilation or other purposes.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination ofthe window frame and sill, the sash F, having a pin, 1i', and socket h, the pin t, and the hinged plateg, having an opening, 1'., as set forth.

2. The combination of' the window frame and sash with the socketj and a hinge-pin, h, adjustable vertically therein, as set forth.

3. The combination ot' the window frame and sash with the socket j, having' internal bayonetslotsnz, and the pin h', havingl lugs adapted to said slots, as set forth.

4. Thecombination of the sash F and its hauging devices with the frame B, having a sashguiding strip, e, with detachable sectionf, held in place by a spring-bolt,f2, as set forth.

5. The combination ofthe wilulow-f'rame, the upper sash, E, l'iaviug pins t, the bent plate I, havingl a slot, s', and the hinged platep, having a slot, a, as set t'orth.

6. The combination ofthe whulow-frame, the sash E and its pills, and the plates 'i and p, having slots with lateral recesses 41:, as set forth.

In testimony wherect'l have signed my name to this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN \VOCHER.

Witnesses:

JAMES F. ToBIN, HARRY SMITH. 

